The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between 1771 and 1781, Ed. from the Original Manuscript ... |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 88
Page vii
... globe as p + 1 to 2p + 1 Prop . xxx . Capacity of two disks at a finite distance Cor . 1. Capacity in terms of p • • • Cor . 2. Capacity when the density is supposed uniform Cor . 3. The place in which the canal meets the disk is ...
... globe as p + 1 to 2p + 1 Prop . xxx . Capacity of two disks at a finite distance Cor . 1. Capacity in terms of p • • • Cor . 2. Capacity when the density is supposed uniform Cor . 3. The place in which the canal meets the disk is ...
Page ix
... globe within a hollow globe and in communication with it does not become over or undercharged when the whole is 217 electrified ( Fig . 12 ) . • General description of the apparatus General plan of the experiment The apparatus actually ...
... globe within a hollow globe and in communication with it does not become over or undercharged when the whole is 217 electrified ( Fig . 12 ) . • General description of the apparatus General plan of the experiment The apparatus actually ...
Page xii
... globe . Consideration of the effects of external bodies on the globe and the plates Effect of the floor and walls of the room on the charge of the globe Experimental investigation of this effect · Comparison of the charges of four rosin ...
... globe . Consideration of the effects of external bodies on the globe and the plates Effect of the floor and walls of the room on the charge of the globe Experimental investigation of this effect · Comparison of the charges of four rosin ...
Page xiv
... Globe and circle , 19.4 of pasteboard . Sliding plates 19 × 13 Circle of 1.8 x 18 20.2 10 globe = . 12.4 6 Double plate , 1.75 × 285 , tried with small sliding trial plate ; 445 Double plate_11 globe 18 Thick plate , 1.45 × 168_14 446 globe ...
... Globe and circle , 19.4 of pasteboard . Sliding plates 19 × 13 Circle of 1.8 x 18 20.2 10 globe = . 12.4 6 Double plate , 1.75 × 285 , tried with small sliding trial plate ; 445 Double plate_11 globe 18 Thick plate , 1.45 × 168_14 446 globe ...
Page xv
... Globe , Double plate B , Tin plate square , 15.5 Tin cylinder , 35.9 , 2.53 54.2 , ⚫73 Double plate A. " " oblong , 17.9 x 13.4 wire 72 .185 } 478 Exp . IV Results : comparison with Art . 455 · Table omitted Ten plates from Nairne , A ...
... Globe , Double plate B , Tin plate square , 15.5 Tin cylinder , 35.9 , 2.53 54.2 , ⚫73 Double plate A. " " oblong , 17.9 x 13.4 wire 72 .185 } 478 Exp . IV Results : comparison with Art . 455 · Table omitted Ten plates from Nairne , A ...
Contents
xxvii | |
xxviii | |
xxxvii | |
xliv | |
li | |
lix | |
lx | |
lxiii | |
1 | |
3 | |
4 | |
5 | |
7 | |
9 | |
11 | |
13 | |
20 | |
31 | |
52 | |
61 | |
67 | |
71 | |
78 | |
85 | |
94 | |
95 | |
97 | |
104 | |
106 | |
110 | |
115 | |
116 | |
118 | |
120 | |
124 | |
126 | |
127 | |
133 | |
137 | |
144 | |
145 | |
147 | |
155 | |
157 | |
159 | |
161 | |
168 | |
170 | |
172 | |
179 | |
180 | |
181 | |
182 | |
187 | |
217 | |
222 | |
223 | |
229 | |
235 | |
237 | |
238 | |
240 | |
241 | |
250 | |
253 | |
259 | |
266 | |
269 | |
280 | |
287 | |
291 | |
294 | |
298 | |
310 | |
312 | |
316 | |
319 | |
321 | |
326 | |
336 | |
343 | |
344 | |
349 | |
353 | |
355 | |
360 | |
384 | |
397 | |
403 | |
404 | |
414 | |
418 | |
421 | |
434 | |
443 | |
444 | |
448 | |
449 | |
452 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
balls separated battery canals of incompressible Cavendish charge circ circle coated plate column communication computed conductor conducts consequently contain crown glass cylinder deficient fluid degree of electrification density diam diameter discharged disk doub double plates electric fluid electric organs electromotive force experiment fluid in AB force glass plate greater hemispheres impelled inches incompressible fluid inner globe Lane's Leyden vial manner observed particle pass piece pith balls placed plate air plate of glass positively electrified Prop proportion quantity of electricity quantity of fluid quantity of redundant ratio redundant fluid repelled repulsion is inversely salt in 69 seemed sensib shock side silk strings sliding plate small in respect space specific gravity spread uniformly square suppose surface theory thickness tinfoil torpedo touched trial plate tricity tried tube whole
Popular passages
Page 376 - An Essay on the application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism...
Page 458 - Apart from its religious importance, the English Bible has the glory, which but few sister versions indeed can claim, of being the chief classic of the language, of having, in conjunction with Shakspeare, and in an immeasurable degree more than he, fixed the language beyond any possibility of important change. Thus the recent contributions to the literature of the subject, by such workers as Mr Francis Fry and Canon Westcott, appeal...